Collapsible crate ok box



D. ADAMS.

COLLAPSIBLE cam on BOX.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 22. I921.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

' mcxson ADAMS, 7 or cAivrom; orno.

Application {fil ed I my 22,

' To all whom it may concern lapsible'Crate or Box, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to shipping crates ble sheet metal cra tedesigned especially for shipping fruit orvegetables although any othergoods or material may be shipped therein.

The objects of the invention are to provide a crate of extremely simpleconstruction which may be easily and quickly assembled for shipping orknocked down for'reshipping. p

Afurth'erobject is the provision of a crate of this character in which aminimum number of designs or shapes or shapes of parts is provided,there being only two different designs necessary for the several partscomprising a single crate, the end walls and par tition walls beinginterchangeable and the top, bottom and side walls beinginterchangeable, the entire structure being held together whenassembled, by a single wire located around each end wall and a wirelocated around the partition wall in cases where the partition is used.

With these, objects in view the invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in i theform and details of construction may be made within the scope of theappended claims. v

A preferred embodiment thus set forth. in general terms is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a crate embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a transverse sectional View through the crate and Fig. 3, asection on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding. parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings.

Although it will be understoodthat the crate may be made in any desiredsize or shape the form illustrated is an elongated crate provided with acentral partition, this being the type of crate'usually employed forshipping fruits or vegetables. The top, botcoL APsIBLn CRATE on Box1921. seria1 'no.4se,7ee.

tom and side walls of the crate areinterchangeable and are eachdesignated by the numeral 1 and as shown in the drawings, each ofthesemembers is provided with the spaced, transversely disposed slots 2, neareach end and at the center for the attachment of the endand partitionwalls will be later described; or boxes-and more particularly to acollapsi- The side and endgedges or each of the members 1 is turned backupon the bottom portion of the sheet as shown at 3', thus providing areinforcing frame around the edge ofeach of these members and at thesame time eliminating any sharp edges which might cause injury to thosehandling the crates.

Each of the endwalls and partition walls is of the same construction,these members being each indicated by the numeral 4. Each of thesemembers is provided around its edges with spaced tubular heads 5arranged to register with the slots 2 in the side, bottom and topwalls 1. The remaining portion of the edge of each of the walls 4 isfolded back upon itself as shown at 6 reinforcing these walls andeliminating sharp edges therefrom. i

In assembling the crate the tubular beads 5, of the end and partitionwalls are passed through the adjacent slots 2 in the top, bottom andside walls, a wire 7 being passed around the outside crate and through,the beads 5 of each wall 4, the ends of the wires being twisted togetheras shown at 8, thus holding the crate in the closed position.

It will be understood of course that when the crate is assembledpreparatory to filling,

the top wall is placed in position, the free ends of the wires 7extending away from the crate on each side thereof. After the crate isfilled, the top wall is then placed in position and the ends of thewires are passed through the tubular heads at the top of the crate andtwisted together. i

For the purpose of ventilating the contents of the crate, the walls 1may be made of slightly less width than the wall 4-, thus providing alongitudinal slot 9 at each corner of the crate and if furtherventilation is desired apertures 10 may be provided in the walls 1 and4c.

It will thus be seen that the crate embodied in the present invention isof very simple and inexpensive construction and may be easily dina anduickly assembled as all of the longitul ly disposed walls are of onedesign and 1 all of the transversely disposed walls are of one design,the partitions thus being inter changeable.

In order to knock down the crate for reshipment it is only necessary tocut the Wires 7 and remove the same from the tubular beads 5 after whichthe crate may be easily taken apart and packed for reshipment, the onlynew material required for reassembling the crate being the Wires.

Iclaim:

LA collapsible crate composed of four similar side sections and twosimilar end sections, each end section having tubular beads upon itsedges, each side section having slots receiving the beads upon the endsections and Wires located around the side sections and extendingthrough the tubular beads of the end sections.

2. A collapsible crate composed of four similar side sections andsimilar end and partition sections, each end and partition sectionhaving tubular beads upon its edges, each side section having slotsreceivingthe beads upon the end and partition sections and Wires locatedaround the side sections and extending through the tubular beads of theend and partition sections.

Sv A collapsible crate formed of four similar side sections and twosimilar end'sect-ions, each end section having tubular extensions uponits edges, each side section having slots receiving the-extensions uponthe end sections and Wires located transversely around the side sectionsand through said tubular extensions. v

4. A collapsible'crate formed of four similar side sections and twosimilar end sections, each end section having extensions upon its edges,each side section having slots receiving the extensions upon the endsections and wires iocated transversely around the side sections andengaging the extensions upon the end sect-ions. I

5. A collapsible crate composed of "tour similar side sections and twosimilar end sections, each side section being o1 less Width than the endsection, each end section having tubular beads upon its edges, each sidesection having slots receiving the beads upon the end sections and Wiresaround the side sections and extending through the tubular beads ofthe-end sections.

In testimony'that I claim the above, I

' have hereunto subscribed my name.

DIGKSON ADAMS.

